.\" -*- coding: utf-8 -*- .\" Copyright 2005-2023 Gentoo Authors .\" Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2 or later .\" .TH ESELECT 1 "February 2023" "Gentoo Linux" eselect .SH NAME eselect \- Gentoo's multi\-purpose configuration and management tool .SH SYNOPSIS .B eselect .RI [ "global options" ] .I module .RI [ action ] .SH DESCRIPTION .B eselect is Gentoo's configuration and management tool. It features modules that care for individual administrative tasks. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-\-brief Set brief output mode, for use as input to other programs. (This is an experimental feature.) .TP .BI \-\-color= "mode, " \-\-colour= mode Enable or disable colour output. .I mode can be .BR yes , .BR no , or .BR auto . The default is .BR auto , for which colour output is enabled only if standard output is connected to a terminal. .TP .BI \-\-eprefix= path The .I path that eselect should use as the offset-prefix path for its operations. Only relevant for a cross-prefix build. If neither this option nor the .I EPREFIX environment variable are specified, the hardcoded prefix of the build host is used as a default. .TP .BI \-\-root= path The .I path that eselect should use as the target root filesystem for its operations. If not specified, the value of the .I ROOT environment variable is used as a default. .SH BUILT-INS .TP .B help Displays a help screen listing all built\-ins and the installed modules. .TP .B usage Displays a minimal help screen. .TP .B version Prints eselect's version tag. .SH MODULES You can view a list of installed modules using .IP .B eselect modules list .PP For individual help on each module, please run .IP .B eselect .I module .B help .PP or refer to the manpage .IR module .eselect(5). .SH FULL DOCUMENTATION Full user and developer documentation is included in Restructured Text (RST) format. The 'html' Make target can be used to generate HTML versions. .SH AUTHORS Danny van Dyk .br Ciaran McCreesh .br Aaron Walker .br Ulrich Müller